AS A SENIOR IN 2008: Placed 13th in the San
Francisco Invitational on Aug. 30 with a 5k time of 18:51...Placed
19th in the Hornet Jamboree on Sept. 13 with a time of
18:28....Placed 21st in the West Coast Conference Championships on
Nov. 1 with a 6k time of 23:19.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2005-06: Raced in three
competitions during the season...Best finish was a 19th place
showing at USF Invitational on 9/3 with a 5k time of
19:05.3...Clocked season-best 5k time of 18:59 in 43rd place finish
at Notre Dame Invitational on 9/30...Finished 24th in Stanford
Invitational on 9/25 with a 4k time of 15:06, her only race of the
season at that distance.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2005 graduate of Salpointe
Catholic High School in Tucson, Ariz...participated in cross
country and track and played freshman basketball...team placed
fifth in Arizona Cross Country Championships in 2004...named an AIA
Scholar-Athlete team...individually placed second in 5A Arizona
Cross Country Championships in 2004...named to the All-State first
team...also named All-State at Footlocker West in 2005...an Arizona
Dairy Council All-American...named the Southern Arizona Girls Cross
Country Runner of the Year by the Tucson Citizen/Arizona Daily
Star...also named an individual AIA Scholar-Athlete...member of
SADD and National Honor Society...volunteered at the Casa Maria
Soup Kitchen and with Habitat for Humanity...named a National
Hispanic Merit Scholar.

PERSONAL: Parents are Gerry Lopez and Cindy
Austin...has a younger sister named Megan...enjoys reading,
writing, philosophy, yoga and community service.